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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Welcome to the course
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • What is a household survey
  • What is coverage
  • Vignette: Why do we use coverage for large scale effectiveness evaluations
  • What are sources of coverage data
  • What is a good coverage indicator
  • Competing expectations between evaluators, implementers, and funders
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Deciding whether to use existing coverage data
  • Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Composite coverage indicators and coverage indices
  • Coverage cascades
Readings
  • Improving coverage measurement for reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health: gaps and opportunities
  • Coverage Data Quality Checklist Guide
  • Coverage Data Quality Checklist (excel)
  • Survey Quality Checklist Guide
  • Survey Quality Checklist (excel)
  • Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler (Activity Instructions)
  • Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler (Activity Answer Key))
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Determining and Interpreting Inequalities in Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Interventions (Optional)
  • Co-coverage of preventive interventions and implications for child-survival strategies- evidence from national surveys
  • Mind the gap- equity and trends in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services in 54 Countdown countries
  • Summary indices for monitoring universal coverage in maternal and child health care (Optional)
  • Advances in the measurement of coverage for RMNCH and nutrition - from contact to effective coverage
Practice Exercise
  • Module 1 Summative Exam

Videos
  • Welcome to Module 2
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Selecting indicators to measure in your survey
  • Vignette: Assessing indicator validity- pneumonia example
  • Sample size- Considerations
  • Key concepts and inputs for sample size calculation (optional)
  • Sample size – Calculation (optional)
  • Vignette: PMNCH in Burkina Faso- Unequal sample size
  • Vignette: Introducing the RADAR sample size calculator
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Establishing implementation collaborations
  • Timing considerations for coverage survey implementation (Part 1)
  • Timing considerations for coverage survey implementation (Part 2)
  • Staffing considerations
  • Supply and equipment considerations for coverage survey implementation
  • Budget considerations
  • Vignette: What to do when your budget and your study objectives don’t line up
  • Vignette: Translating sample size and sampling design into a budget
  • Proposal & ethical considerations
  • Vignette: Building a budget
Practice Exercise
  • Module 2 Summative Exam

Videos
  • Welcome to Module 3
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Sampling
  • Sampling- Choosing your location and strata
  • Sampling- Selecting your clusters
  • Vignette: Sampling clusters with PPS
  • Sampling households using the gold standard method
  • Sampling households using other methods
  • Vignette: RADAR household sampling app
  • Activity: Draw a household sample using the RADAR sampling app
  • Sampling individuals
  • Vignette: Barriers to good sampling
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Overview of mapping
  • Creating a map
  • Segmentation of an enumeration area
  • Household enumeration
Readings
  • Draw a household sample using the RADAR sampling app (Activity instructions)
  • Mapping manual and forms sections
Practice Exercise
  • Module 3 Summative Exam

Videos
  • Welcome to Module 4
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Questionnaire Design- Part I: Identifying questions to measure indicators
  • Questionnaire Design-Part II: Questionnaire construction
  • Introduction to the RADAR Questionnaire: Part I
  • Introduction to the RADAR Questionnaire: Part II
  • Manuals, forms, & other supports
  • Adapting & translating tools
  • Vignette: Language considerations
  • CAPI- Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing
Readings
  • So you want to do research? Questionnaire design
  • The RADAR Questionnaire
  • RADAR Manuals, forms & other supports
Practice Exercise
  • Module 4 Summative Exam

Videos
  • Welcome to Module 5
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Training materials
  • Components of training
  • Main components of supervisor training
  • Training approaches
  • Selecting your interviewers
  • Vignette: Selecting interviewers
  • Language considerations
  • Vignette: Language considerations
  • Ethical considerations
  • Training on CAPI and data management
  • Vignette: CAPI How-to
  • Activity: Using ODK Tools
  • Logistical considerations in the field
  • Deployment plan
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Designing CAPI for data quality assurance
  • Data quality assurance in data collection
  • Data quality monitoring in data collection
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Implementation of data collection
  • Vignette: A day in the field
  • Development and configuration of the CAPI tool
  • Documentation
  • Vignette: Challenges in planning and logistics
  • Vignette: Challenges in data collection ethics and quality assurance
Reading
  • RADAR Training materials
Practice Exercise
  • Module 5 Summative Exam

Videos
  • Welcome to Module 6
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Overview of data management and analysis
  • Creating results tables and data visualizations
  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Analysis report
  • Data interpretation and identifying key findings
  • Using data for program improvement and evaluation
  • Disseminating results
  • Course wrap-up
Readings
  • Methods for analysis of complex survey data
  • Data visualization decision tree
Practice Exercise
  • Module 6 Summative Exam

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